ROWE H S

ROWE H S is a substantial senior high in MC ALLEN, Texas, run under MCALLEN ISD. The school teaches 1,905 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 139% bigger than the state mean of about 796.

MCALLEN ISD runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 19,890 students. ROWE H S is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, ROWE H S lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). Beyond that, the school records 3% White. Compared to Hidalgo County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ROWE H S has 150 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 70% of students at ROWE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROWE H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 43.2%; ROWE H S posts 57.9%, +14.7 points above that line.

In the broader community, Hidalgo County reports that median household income runs about $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which ROWE H S is one.

SEGUIN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ROWE H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROWE H S at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 50.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. ROWE H S's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 2,110 (now 1,905). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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